Sauropus androgynus (L.) Merr.

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
    (Spurge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Phyllanthaceae
  • Basionym : Clutia androgyna L.
  • Synonym(s) : Sauropus albicans Blume; Sauropus indicus Wight
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Breynia androgyna (L.) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr.
  • Common name : Chikurmanis, Sauropus
  • Vernacular name :
    • Vitamin soppuni gida, Chakra muni gida (Kannada)
    • Elakeera, Velicheera (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Comments / notes : Grown in homesteads
  • Flower, Fruit : August-December
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Idukki district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 382
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Sauropus androgynus. Downloaded on 14 December 2024.

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